Thursday, June 30, 2011

10:01 AM

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson today lauded news that the Senate will return Tuesday after an abbreviated break for the Fourth of July.

Johnson, R-Oshkosh, vowed Wednesday to oppose any effort to recess while negotiations over raising the nation's debt limit remain ongoing.

“I’m happy to hear that Senator Reid and President Obama agree with the point that Senator Sessions and I made earlier in the week -- that it’s important for the Senate to stay in session over the Fourth of July recess to address our nation’s looming fiscal crisis," Johnson said in a statement. "It’s also important that we don’t waste this time -- that we stay and work to seriously address the root cause of this crisis -- Washington’s excess of spending."